Jody Comer Wins 2001 Indiana State Medal-Play Championship (Columbus, IN

Jody Comer's First Win is a Big One - 2001 Indiana State Championship

Jody Comer
Winner of the 2001 Indiana State Medal-Play Championship.

Wins 1st Event on 2001 Indiana Tour
Jody Comer 2001 Indiana PPA Medal Play Champion

26 August 2001 - Columbus, IN - Indianapolis Touring Pro Jody Comer makes it a point to put on a show when he wins a tournament. Comer overcame a 6 on hole 17 in the first round of the Myers Funeral Service Indiana State Championship and went on to win the tournament by one stroke over Charlie Greenwalt and Jeff Garrison.

Comer's misfortune on the old slick carpet on hole 17 kept the rest of the field close as he wound up with a score of 4 under par 32. He shot no higher than a 30 in the final 5 rounds to post a 41 under par 175. Greenwalt and Garrison ended up at 176 while Cincinnati Touring Pro John Ventura used good course management to finish fourth at 177. Ventura was tied for the lead until hole 17 bit him in the last round as he tried for the ace and took a 3. Kevin Lacey finished alone in 5th place finishing the tournament with a 37 under par 179. The win is Comer's second on the Indiana Tour and first this year.

Bill Hammons
Winner of the 2001 Indiana State APA Medal-Play Championship.

Bill Hammons 2001 Indiana APA Medal Play Champion

26 August 2001 - Columbus, IN - What a weekend for Indianapolis Amateur Putter Bill Hammons. After winning his first State Title in the match play competition, he backs that up with a victory in the Myers Funeral Service Indiana State APA Medal Play Championship. Hammons put together rounds of 29-27-31-25-30 & 30 for a 44 under par 172, 3 shots better than pro winner Jody Comer.

Nate Nichols of Edinburgh finished second in the event one stroke behind Hammons at 43 under par 173. Mike Moon of Columbus was third with a 6 round total 178 that included a pair of 11 under par 25's on the tough Columbus course. Mike Lebeda of Terre Haute and Steve Moon of Columbus finished in a tie for 4th at 184.

		Round							Prize		Match Play
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points	Won	Lost	Cash
1	Jody Comer	32	30	27	30	30	26	175	$250	415.0	0	0	$0
2	Charlie Greenwalt	28	31	28	31	27	31	176	$150	471.0	2	2	$20
	Jeff Garrison	30	27	32	30	30	27	176	$150	501.0	5	2	$60
4	John Ventura	32	30	27	29	29	30	177	$100	447.2	1	2	$10
5	Kevin Lacey	35	29	30	26	26	33	179	$75	470.2	6	1	$130
6	Rick Blair	31	29	31	27	33	29	180	$58	387.0	1	2	$10
	Tom Morrison	33	32	33	28	29	25	180	$58	377.0	0	2	$0
8	Darrin Clayton	31	33	29	30	27	32	182	$50	346.2	0	2	$0
9	Jim Bryant	30	28	32	30	33	32	185	$40	324.0	1	2	$10
10	Shawn Gilliland	30	30	31	31	33	32	187	$33	315.2	3	2	$30
	Jim Garrison	34	30	36	27	33	27	187	$33	335.2	5	2	$80
12	Tom Gross	29	29	30	30	36	34	188	$23	308.6	5	2	$50
	Dave Nutini	32	28	29	34	34	31	188	$23	258.6	0	2	$0
14	Mark Hasty	35	32	31	36	25	30	189	$20	257.2	2	2	$20
15	Mark Greenwell	36	30	31	31	35	31	194	$20	138.2	0	0	$0
16	Don Featherstone	33	32	34	32	34	33	198	$20	168.6	0	2	$0
	Mark Quigley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		60.0	0	2	$0

		Round							Prize		Match Play
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points	Won	Lost	Cash
1	Bill Hammons	29	27	31	25	30	30	172	Trophy	533.2	7	1	Trophy
2	Nate Nichols	28	27	32	28	29	29	173	Trophy	463.6	3	2
3	Mike Moon	25	32	32	33	25	31	178	Trophy	378.6	0	2
4	Steve Moon	35	32	31	29	27	30	184		256.2	0	0
	Mike Lebeda	30	32	31	32	31	28	184		256.2	0	0
6	Zach Smith	30	31	30	31	29	34	185		314.0	2	2
7	Danny Holcomb	32	35	29	31	28	32	187		310.2	4	2
8	Scott McCutchen	29	33	30	30	32	35	189		287.2	4	2
9	John Watkins	32	31	31	34	36	33	197		263.2	6	2	Trophy
10	Dave Hager	29	39	32	38	36	32	206		169.0	2	2
11	Sean Clark	34	40	38	33	35	33	213		123.6	0	2

		Round							Prize		Match Play
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points	Won	Lost	Cash
1	Jim Miser	31	32	27	31	32	27	180	Trophy	0	0	0	Trophy
2	Zach Campbell	35	32	32	34	34	29	196	Trophy	0	4	1	Trophy
3	Josh Garrison	33	32	38	33	36	31	203	Trophy	0	1	2
4	Dick McPeek	34	32	34	32	37	36	205		0	0	0
5	Michael McGreevy	30	35	35	38	35	39	212		0	2	2
6	Mandy Garrison	36	41	36	48	35	35	233		0	0	2